Dante's misgivings--Virgil's account of how he was induced to come to his help--the three Heavenly Ladies--the beginning of the Journey, 9 CANTO III. The Gate of Inferno--the Vestibule of the Caitiffs--the Great Refusal--Acheron--Charon--the Earthquake--the Slumber of Dante, 17 CANTO IV. The First Circle, which is the Limbo of the Unbaptized and of the Virtuous Heathen--the Great Poets--the Noble Castle--the Sages and Worthies of the ancient world, 24 CANTO V. The Second Circle, which is that of Carnal Sinners--Minos--the Tempest--The Troop of those who died because of their Love-- Francesca da Rimini--Dante's Swoon, 32 CANTO VI. The Third Circle, which is that of the Gluttonous--the Hail and Rain and Snow--Cerberus--Ciacco and his Prophecy, 40 CANTO VII. The Fourth Circle, which is that of the Avaricious and the Thriftless--Plutus--the Great Weights rolled by the sinners in opposite directions--Fortune--the Fifth Circle, which is that of the Wrathful--Styx--the Lofty Tower, 47 CANTO VIII. The Fifth Circle continued--the Signals--Phlegyas--the Skiff-- Philip Argenti--the City of Dis--the Fallen Angels--the Rebuff of Virgil, 55 CANTO IX. The City of Dis, which is the Sixth Circle and that of the Heretics--the Furies and the Medusa head--the Messenger of Heaven who opens the gates for Virgil and Dante--the entrance to the City--the red-hot Tombs, 62 CANTO X. The Sixth Circle continued--Farinata degli Uberti--Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti--Farinata's prophecy--Frederick II., 69 CANTO XI. The Sixth Circle continued--Pope Anastasius--Virgil explains on what principle sinners are classified in Inferno--Usury, 77 CANTO XII. The Seventh Circle, First Division--the Minotaur--the River of Blood, which forms the Outer Ring of the Seventh Circle-- in it are those guilty of Violence against others--the Centaurs--Tyrants--Robbers and Murderers--Ezzelino Romano-- Guy of Montfort--the Passage of the River of Blood, 84 CANTO XIII. The Seventh Circle continued--the Second Division consisting of a Tangled Wood in which are those guilty of Violence against themselves--the Harpies--Pier delle Vigne--Lano--Jacopo da Sant' Andrea--Florence and its Patrons, 91 CANTO XIV. The Seventh Circle continued--the Third Division of it, consisting of a Waste of Sand on which descends an unceasing Shower of Fire-- in it are those guilty of Violence against God, against Nature, and against Art--Capaneus--the Crimson Brook--the Statue of Time-- the Infernal Rivers, 98